Words

I've finally tabulated the words Caleb now knows. All the information I've read says that at 18 months it is normal for a child to know 10-15 words and a few 2 word phrases. Our pediatrician was actually suprised when he asked Tara about Caleb's language development. He asked Tara if Caleb understood simple instructions. He said, "Does he understand a phase like go get your shoes, so we can go to the park?" At that, Caleb said, "Shoes, Park, go Park, go Park, Park? Park!" Our doctor said, "Oh I'm sorry, he definitely has a handle on his language." Tara went on to explain that he has been talking for a while now and learning 3-5 words a day it seems. His pronounciation is that of a toddler but it is definitely understandable. For some of these I have written how he says them. Again, these are words he can recognize and says. And of course this isn't exhaustive. There are words he has been saying for over a month that I just remembered today.

So now, here are the 140+ words that Caleb knows, in Alphabetical order:

(He knows all the letters and numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 so those aren't included)

ah choo, airplane, Albie, Andrew, ant, animal, apple, apple sauce, arrow, Aunt Carrie, Aunt June, baa, baby, ball, balloon, bang, bark, bat, bath, bear, beep, bike, bird, Bob, bonk, boo boo, Book, bottle, bowl, box, bread, broom, brush, bubbles, bug, button, bye-bye, Ca Ca (Jessica), car, cards, cat, chair, cheese, Chicago, clock, cold, Cole, cup, dadda, dirt, dog, don't, do, door, down, drill, duck, ears, eggs, EmyOoo (Emyloo), Eric, eyes, fan, fish, flower, gate, girl, glasses, gopher, grandma, grandpa, grass, hammer, hat, hawk, heart, HeyCo (helicopter), high, hot, ice, Ice Cream, I'm me, juice, jump, knee, knife, leaves, light, lotion, low, mama, man, mine, mole, moo, moon, more, muck, ni night, Nicole, no no, nose, off, OK, on, page, pancake, park, paste, pee pee, pig, plate, please, Pooh, quack, rock, run, shells, shirt, shoe, star, Steve, tall, teeth, thank you, toast, toes, tools, trash, tray, tree, truck, uh oh, uncle, uncle chuck, Up, vacuum, water, watermelon, whoa, yay, yes....and counting daily! :)